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Locus Control Region

"Locus Control Region" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

A regulatory region first identified in the human beta-globin locus but subsequently found in other loci. The region is believed to regulate GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION by opening and remodeling CHROMATIN structure. It may also have enhancer activity.


This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Locus Control Region" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Locus Control Region" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
Bar chart showing 16 publications over 10 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 1998 and 2014
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